ACT OF THE REPUBLIC OFINDONESIANUMBER 7 OF 1996 ONF O O DBY THE GRACE OFGOD ALMIGHTYTHE PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLICOF INDONESIA,

Considering :

a.

That food constitutes a basic humanneed, of which the fulfillment is afundamental right of each Indonesianpeople, in the realization of qualityhuman resources to carry out thenational development ;

b.

That sufficient availability of safe,nutritious and quality food is a mainpre-requisite, which must be met in theeffort to arrange a system whichprovides protection for the purpose of health and to play a larger role inincreasing the prosperity and welfare of the people ;

c.

That food as trade commodity requiresthe support of an honest andresponsible food trading system so thatfood would be available which iswithin reach of the purchasing power of the community and to participate in therole to increase the national economicgrowth ;

They in connection with theconsiderations in points a, b, and c, andin order to realize an effectivearrangement, promotion andsupervision system in the field of food,it is necessary to establish and Act onFood ;Bearing in :Article 5 paragraph (1), article 20paragraph (1), article 27 paragraph (2) andarticle 33 of the 1945 Constitution ;

processed foodstuff is catables orbeverages, the result of a process in acertain manner or method, without foodadditives ;3.

food system is everything which isrelated to the regulation, developmentand or supervision on food productionactivities or process and foodcirculation until ready for humanconsumption ;4.

food safety is the condition and effortsrequired to prevent food from possiblebiological, chemical-contamination andcontamination by other objects whichmay disturb, harm, and endanger thehuman health ;5.

food production is an activity orprocess of producing, preparing,processing, making, preserving,packing or repackaging and orchanging the form of food ;6.

food transportation shall be any activityor a series of activities in theframework of transferring food fromone place to another by whether way ormeans of transportation in theframework of the production,circulation and or trade of food ;